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Aircraft recording system, device, and method responsive to a new command not stated in a flight plan

  • US 9,534,922 B1
  • Filed: 09/25/2012
  • Issued: 01/03/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/25/2012
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A system for recording at least one command not stated in an approved flight plan, comprising:

  • a route management system;

    at least one display unit configured to display an image divided into a plurality of visible windows and within which at least one of a horizontal situation display (“

    HSD”

    ) image and a vertical situation display (“

    VSD”

    ) image, wherethe HSD image of a first lateral profile of ownship and an approved flight plan stating at least a waypoint, command, and altitude is presented within a first window, andthe VSD image of a first vertical profile of ownship, an altitude scale, and the approved flight plan is presented within a second window different from the first window, wherethe HSD image of the first lateral profile and the VSD image of the first vertical profile include at least one graphical user interface (“

    GUI”

    ) representing at least one waypoint;

    at least one human-machine interface (“

    HMI”

    ) device configured to;

    receive input data representative of a user'"'"'s request to modify the approved flight plan by a user selecting one GUI representing at least one waypoint of the HSD image of the first lateral profile and the VSD image of the first vertical profile, andprovide the input data to an avionics route modification device; and

    the avionics route modification device configured to;

    receive the input data;

    retrieve flight management data representative of the approved flight plan;

    generate a message data set representative of at least one pre-formatted message overlying the at least one of the first lateral profile and the first vertical profile in response to the receiving the input data, wherethe at least one pre-formatted message includes within the message at least one visually-conspicuous, user-interactive variable field within which at least one command not stated in the approved flight plan is visible to the user;

    receive command data representative of at least one command not stated in the approved flight plan from a user'"'"'s interaction with at least one visually-conspicuous, user-interactive variable field;

    send the command data to the route management system, such thatthe presentation of the at least one of the HSD image and the VSD image includesa second lateral profile and a second vertical profile, respectively, incorporating the at least one command represented in the command data, wherethe at least one of the second lateral profile and the second vertical profile is presented simultaneously with the first lateral profile and the first vertical profile, respectively, anda message incorporating the at least one command represented in the command data and at least one user-interactive field through which a user'"'"'s acceptance of a modification to the approved flight plan is made;

    receive acceptance data representative of the user'"'"'s acceptance; and

    send the acceptance data to the route management system, wherebythe approved flight plan is modified, andat least one of the second lateral profile and the second vertical profile is presented in the HSD image and the VSD image, respectively.

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